COVID-19: 'A slap in the face' - Families of pandemic victims attack MPs' report and call for judge-led inquiry

Families of COVID-19 victims have attacked an MPs' report into government failings during the pandemic as 'laughable' and a 'slap in the face' - and say a judicial inquiry is needed to get to the truth. The report said decisions on lockdowns and social distancing early in the pandemic were 'one of the most important public health failures the United Kingdom has ever experienced' and cost thousands of lives. It said 'groupthink' among officials meant chances to delay the spread of the virus were missed, and it was a 'serious early error' not to lock down sooner.